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Monday, December 6, 2010

Selling Mushrooms On Craigs List Leads To A Free Trip To Humboldt County Jail

These are not the shrooms the story is talking about.

Humboldt County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested a McKinleyville man this morning after finding him in possession of 415 grams of psilocybin mushrooms.Early this morning, deputies became aware that a person had listed the illegal mushrooms for sale on Craigslist, an online advertisement service.When deputies called the number listed in the advertisement, a man identifying himself as Raymond confirmed he was selling the mushrooms.He also told deputies he had hashish (concentrated cannabis) for sale.He told deputies he would meet them at the McKinleyvilleShopping Center and described his car.At about 3:15 this morning, Raymond Dickerson, 28, arrived at the parking lot.Deputies contacted him and smelled the odor of marijuana inside his vehicle.Deputies searched Dickerson and found him to be in possession of 22 grams of concentrated cannabis and 415 grams of psilocybin mushrooms.Deputies arrested Dickerson and transported him to the Humboldt County Correctional Facility.He was booked for possession of psilocybin mushrooms, transporting psilocybin mushrooms for sale, possession of marijuana, and possession of marijuana/hashish for sale.His bail was set at $25,000 and he is expected to be arraigned by Wednesday.

"So, so you think you can tell, heaven from hell, blue skies from pain, cold comfort for change, did you exchange a job selling shrooms on a list for a lead roll in a cage?"